Content warning: suicidal ideation, suicide, substance abuse, substance use disorder, violence, brutality, institutional abuse, child abuse, physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse, cults, kidnapping, and the troubled teen industry.

As shared in Part 1 of his story, Matt Cohn is a business professional and musician from Los Angeles, California. His personal history with What Came Next host, Amy, begins in the early 2000s when they were connected through mutual friends. At the time, Matt had just been released from the troubled teen industry, and shared very little of his experiences of abuse. In fact, it wasn't until he watched the 2024 Netflix documentary, The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, that he was confronted with the extent of all of the horrors he had seen and faced. Admittedly, it was a validating, eye opening experience for him to watch the documentary. The Broken Cycle Media team is extremely grateful for his candidness today, as well as all of his efforts he's making to change the troubled teen industry.

The Program: Cons, Cults, & Kidnapping:

https://www.netflix.com/title/81579761

The Public Health Post on the TTI:

https://publichealthpost.org/mental-behavioral-health/troubled-teen-industry/

Research & Articles on the TTI via Unsilenced:

https://www.unsilenced.org/research/

National Youth Rights Association on the TTI:

https://www.youthrights.org/issues/medical-autonomy/the-troubled-teen-industry/

Government Accountability Office on 'Residential Programs:'

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-08-713t

American Bar Association: Five Facts About TTI

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/resources/newsletters/childrens-rights/five-facts-about-troubled-teen-industry/

Senate Hearing on TTI:

https://imprintnews.org/top-stories/senate-investigation-slams-residential-treatment-centers-for-children-as-warehouses-of-neglect/250056

For more resources and a list of related non-profit organizations please visit http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources